Lesson 3: Determining Trademark Ownership
Objectives
After completing Lesson 3, you will be able to:
- Identify different types of owners
- Search for owners of trademarks
- Determine the status of a trademark
- Understand the Additional Indexes of a Dialog Bluesheet
Introduction
Jeri —
Based on the results of the last search, it appears that Kirkbi A.S. is one of the companies involved with Legoland. I would like to see what other trademarks Kirkbi has. It would be great to know their future directions.
Thanks,
—Ray
It is often necessary to determine the ownership of a trademark. For example, you may want to know the owner of any trademarks registered containing terms the same as or similar to your trademark. You may want to see only those trademarks owned by a specific company, or you might want to determine the ownership history of a particular mark. Sometimes a company may own different types of marks, and you may want to see what they are. You may want to see what trademarks a company intends to use to get an idea of its new products. Finally, you may want to make sure no other company is infringing upon marks you have registered.
In this lesson we will review how to search for trademark owners. We will also look at how to search by the legal status of the trademark.
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